external relation

American  

noun

Philosophy.

1. a relation between any two entities such that if they had not been in this relation to each other, the nature of each would not necessarily have been different.

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Example Sentences

The job advertisement did go into details of external relation positions, but separate posts showed the managers will handle government relations as well.

From Reuters • Aug. 17, 2021

U.S.-based Tesla, which is making electric Model 3 sedans and Model Y sport-utility vehicles in Shanghai, is hiring external relation managers in several Chinese cities including Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen.

From Reuters • Aug. 17, 2021

In a Jan. 3 statement, Linda Argo, American University’s assistant vice president for external relation, said the school is sorry to lose the shop but the District’s “changing demographics and purchasing habits” made Johnson’s unprofitable.

From Washington Times • Jan. 18, 2018

In recent logical discussion this techniqueless act of knowing has been properly enough transformed into an indefinable "external relation" in which an entity called a knower stands to another entity called the known.

From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Bode, Boyd H.

A mind extremely sensitive to inner discords will drop one external relation after another, as interfering with the absorption of consciousness in spiritual things.

From Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature by James, William